Class Name | Victoria Class Guided Missile Frigate |
Cost | $250 Million CSD |
Crew | 170-225 |
Designed | 1974 |
Entered Service | 1982 2008 (Retrofitted) |
Type | Guided Missile Frigate |
Length | 455ft |
Beam | 45ft |
Draught | 21ft |
Flank Speed | 34kt |
Displacement | 4,100 tons |
Maximum Speed | Mach 2.34 (1,544 mph, 2,485 km/h) |
Propulsion | 2x Columbian Pacific Turbine Engines |
Range | 4,500nm |
Aircraft Carried | 2x Sparrowhawk |
Armament | 2007 Retrofit: Mk 41 VLS (Evolved Sea Sparrow missile) Mk 13 missile launcher (40-missile magazine, Harpoon and SM-2 (MR) missiles) 1 × Melara 76 mm Gun 1 × 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes Cascadian Defense System Mk 18 Radar/Heat Generating Flares |
Number Built | 8 (5 retrofitted, 4 in service) |